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Estonian Startup Awards 2020 - The Winners, The Nominees & Big Trends For 2021

Estonian Startup Awards 2020 - The Winners, The Nominees & Big Trends For 2021

Estonian Startup Awards 2020 took place on January 14, 2021, to officially wrap up the past year and celebrate the most outstanding achievements of Estonian startups. If you want to know who made it to the shortlist of Estonian Startup Awards 2020 and who took home the prizes in our 9 categories, you are in the right place. Sit back, settle down, here we go!


Estonian Startup Awards 2019 - The Fastest, The Biggest, The Most Impactful

Estonian Startup Awards 2019 - The Fastest, The Biggest, The Most Impactful

Estonian Startup Awards 2019 took place on January 22nd, 2020. The initiative, lead by LIFT99 and Startup Estonia highlighted the most outstanding startups and community activists in 9 impactful categories, summing up the brightest moments of 2019.

“Founder’s style is just go and survive!”, — Ragnar Sass about Estonian and Ukrainian startup communities

“Founder’s style is just go and survive!”, — Ragnar Sass about Estonian and Ukrainian startup communities

Ragnar Sass is a leadership figure on a truly international scale — his ever-growing team at LIFT99 is dedicated to building up startup ecosystems and helping founders from non-traditional startup markets succeed. Ragnar Sass launched his first startup back in 2007 when the phrase “startup ecosystem” wasn’t yet known. In the past 13 years, he has co-founded several startups and impactful organizations, including Pipedrive and Garage48.